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Jefferson County, KY

773,399 Population
380.8 square miles 2,030.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,872 ±$1,659 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $33,980 ±$506
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$64,619 ±$2,097 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $59,341 ±$924
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.7% ±1.2% (112,114  ±8,946) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.5% 722,865 (±0.5% / ±23,794)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.5 minutes ±0.7 (7,452,635  ±283,534) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24.1 43,888,620 (±0.3 / ±606,955)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

336,916 ±2,857 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,828,680 ±8,263
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0 (760,541  ±483) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,392,235
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.6% ±1.2% (10,196  ±2,112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 56,396 (±0.4% / ±4,465)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

358,983 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,023,679 ±185
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$242,900 ±$5,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $196,300 ±$2,572
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.8% ±1.2% (105,208  ±8,851.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.8% 569,433 (±0.5% / ±20,264.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.1% ±2% (495,875  ±10,979.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,751,440 (±0.8% / ±24,664.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
38.2% ±1.3% (205,981  ±6,777.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 861,336 (±0.4% / ±13,374.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.3% (63,817  ±4,967) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4% 180,899
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.1% ±0.6% (36,788  ±3,506) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.7% 233,436 (±0.2% / ±6,659)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
36,788 Total veterans ±3,506 33,793 Male ±3,324 2,995 Female ±1,118

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